Oscar entry

    IRAN has nominated a film by the country’s Oscar-winning director Asghar Farhadi for the next Academy Awards.

    “The Salesman” won two prizes at the Cannes film festival in May. Lead actor Shahab Hosseini won a Palme d’Or for best actor and Farhadi won the award for best screenplay. The movie is about a pair of actors rehearsing for a performance of Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman.” The couple’s lives are upended when the woman is mistaken for a prostitute and sexually assaulted.

    In 2012, Farhadi received Iran’s first Oscar when “A Separation” won best foreign film.

    Gordon civilly liable

    BOBBI KRISTINA BROWN’S boyfriend Nick Gordon was found civilly liable for her death after failing to appear in an Atlanta, Georgia, court in the wrongful death lawsuit filed by Brown’s estate last year. Because Gordon had failed to appear twice, Fulton County Superior Court Judge T. Jackson Bedford said Friday that anything alleged by the plaintiff is admitted through omission. While Gordon was found civilly liable for Brown’s death, he has never been criminally charged in her death. The criminal investigation is still ongoing.

    Judge Bedford will determine the amount of damages to be awarded to Brown’s estate. The suit asked for US$50 million.

    Dad a 9th time

    MEL GIBSON (R) and Rosalind Ross (L), his girlfriend of two years, are expecting a baby early next year, the star’s rep confirmed. Already a father of eight kids, Gibson, 60, is thrilled to add to his brood. This will be a first child for Ross, 26, a writer and former champion equestrian vaulter.(SD-Agencies)